Spinning-flier.



No. 822,796. PATENTED JUNE 5, 1906. O.-WIEBKB.

SPINNING FLIER.

APPLICATION FILED JUNE8,1905.

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U U J 7 PATENTED JUNE 5, 1906.

C. WIEBKE.

SPINNING FLIER.

APPLICATION FILED JUNE8,1905A 2 SHEETS-SHEET 2.

UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

SPINNING-FLIER.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented June 5, 1906.

Application filed June 8,1905. Serial No. 264,211.

To ail whom, it may concern.-

Be it known that 1, CHARLES WIEBKE, a citizen of the United States, residing in the borough of the Bronx, city of New York, 1n the county of New York and State of New York, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Spinning-Fliers, of. which the following is a specification, reference be ing had therein to the accompanying drawings, forming a part thereof.

This invention relates to spinning-fliers, and has for its objects to simplify and improve and cheapen the construction, lighten the weight, and increase the effectiveness, strength, reliability, and speed of operation of appliances of this class.

Iwill now describe the fliers embodying my invention, which are illustrated in the accompanying drawings, and will thereafter point out my invention in claims.

Figure 1 is a front elevation of the flier. Fig. 1 is a detail elevation of the lower portion of one of the tubular arms detached. Fig. 2 is a horizontal sectional view of the flier on a plane indicated by the line 2 2 in Fig. 1. Fig. 3 is a front elevation of a modified form of flier. Fig. 4 is a transverse sectional view of the same on a plane indicated by the line 4 4 in Fig. 3.

A head-piece 1 is provided which is T- shaped in form, its lateral branches 2 receiving the ends of the tubular arms 3 and 4 and its vertical portion being shown as rectangular at the lower part thereof and cylindrical and conical at the upper part thereof. The rectangular part is provided with a longitudinal bore which receives the upper end of the actuating-spindle 7, the spindle being clamped in the head by set-screws 8. The set-screws are arranged in diametrically opposite positions, as also are the lateral arms, so as to maintain a perfect balance of all rotative parts. A transverse orifice or eye 9 is provided extending through the head and intersecting a vertical bore or opening extending down from the top of the head. A bushing 10, which is usually of glass, fits tightly in this vertical opening and has a suitable smooth passage with rounded ends for the entrance of the yarn or thread 11, which enters the flier through this bushing.

The tubular arms 8 and 4 are each firmly secured within one of the lateral extensions 2 of the head and may be brazed therein and consist of hollow integral tubes, preferably of steel, bent with an easy curvature from the radial or horizontal directions at which they emerge from the lateral extensions to vertical or longitudinal directions, in which they extend in parallelism to the axis of the flier. These tubular arms are cut away or slotted at the outer parts of their vertical portions, so that the arms in these portions consist of substantially C-shaped grooves or channels. An opening 12 is formed in each tubular arm located in the tangential line extending from the orifice at the lower end of the bushingguide 10 to the point of contact of the yarn or thread with the tubular arm, so that the yarn or thread will pass freely from the bushingguide to the arm without abrasion against any part of the flier. At the lower end of each arm there is an inward curvature, and the end of the arm is cut vertically and obliquely, so as to form a concavely-curved or channel-shaped delivery end 17 (see Fig. 1 and so as to leave a bridging portion 16 on the outer part of the tube, this bridging portion terminating at a point radially outward from the end of the delivery-channel, and performing the function of gripping the end of the thread in the event of breakage beyond the thread is thrown outward by centrifugal force it will be retained by this bridging portion or gripping-bridge. The bobbin 13 is mounted loosely upon the actuating-spindle 7 of the flier and is yieldingly held against rotative movement by the usual frictioncord 14, so as to maintain the desired winding tension, and is reciprocated vertically by the vertically-moving rest 15 in the usual manner to cause the yarn or thread to be evenly wound upon it.

The duplication of all parts in diametrically opposite positions not only assures a per feet balance of the rotary flier, but also permits the thread to be inserted indifferently through either one or the other arm, as may be most convenient. The high speed at which fliers are actuated develops heavy centrifugal strains upon the arms; but in my im proved flier the inherent strength of tubular construction is fully utilized at places of greatest strain and sufficiently utilized at other points to enable me to employ thin and light tubes and produce a flier very greatly reduced in weight from the fliers'heretofore employed and capable of being rotated at higher speed and of performing the work in a more effective and satisfactory manner. The

grooving of the arms is such that the yarn or delivery-point, so that as the end of the thread may be readily inserted and will be so effectively guided and held in the tubular arm through which it is guided that it will not be thrown out of the arm by centrifugal force, and, moreover, the yarn or thread is so guided that the element of friction is reduced to a minimum.

In the modified construction (shown in Figs. 3 and 4) a horizontal flier is shown rotatable on a horizontal axis. Here the yarn or thread 11 enters one or the other tubular arm 18 or 19 at the inner end of the arm. The head 2 is provided with lateral split-clamp arms 22 and set-screws 23, to clamp the inner ends of the tubular arms therein. The head is secured upon a tubular actuating-shaft and clamped thereon by set screws 24 24. Except at their clamping-points and inner ends the tubular arms are of the same construction as in the'flier heretofore described, and the yarn or thread 11 emerges at the delivery end. 25 and is wound upon a bobbin 26 in the usual manner, the controlling means for the bobbin not being shown.

It is obvious that various other modifications may be made in the constructions shown and above particularly described within the principle and scope of my invention.

What I claim, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is-

1. A flier comprising a head-piece and arms, one of the arms being an integral tubular part rigidly secured at one end to the head-piece and projecting laterally outward therefrom and curved to extend longitudinally thereof. and being externally slotted from a point beyond its connection with the head to a point in proximity to its delivery end and having an inwardly-curved delivery end with the delivery-point at the inner end thereof and having a gripping-bridge bridging the groove and outwardly crossing the path of the fiber at the delivery end.

2. A flier comprising a head-piece and two tubular arms, each tubular arm being an integral part rigidly secured at one end to the head-piece and projecting laterally outward therefrom and curved to extend longitudinally thereof and being externally slotted from a point beyond its connection with the head to a point in proximity to its delivery end and having an inwardly-curved delivery end with the delivery-point at the inner end thereof and having a gripping-bridge bridging the groove and outwardly crossing the path of the fiber at the delivery end.

3. A flier comprising a head-piece and arms, one of the arms being an integral tubular part rigidly secured at one end to the head-piece and projecting laterally outward therefrom and curved to extend longitudinally thereof and having an inwardly-curved delivery end with the delivery-point at the inner end thereof and having an outer slot substantially coextensive with the longitudinally-extending portion thereof and having a gripping-bridge bridging the groove and outwardly crossing the path of the fiber at the delivery end, substantially as shown and described.

4. A flier comprising a head-piece and two tubular arms, each tubular arm being an integral part and being rigidly secured at one end to the head-piece and projecting laterally outward therefrom and curved to extend longitudinally thereof, and having an inwardlycurved delivery end with the delivery-point at the inner end thereof and having an outer slot substantially coextensive with the longitudinally-extending portion thereof and having a gripping-bridge bridging the groove and outwardly crossing the path of the fiber at the delivery end, substantially as shown and described.

In testimony whereof I have affixed my signature in presence of two witnesses.

CHARLES WIEBKE.

Witnesses BERNARD CowEN, HENRY BARNES. 

